Drought, Franklin
- When
- August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 31, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Franklin forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 35.155, -86.092 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought in Tennessee, August 1 to 31, 2016
Drought...
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.
Drought...
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Huntsville, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 31, 11:05 PM CST, 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 11:05 PM CST, 55 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Huntsville AL 1205 AM CDT MON AUG 1 2016 .UPDATE... For 06Z TAFs. && .DISCUSSION... (Issued 854 PM CDT SUN JUL 31 2016) Partly cloudy to mostly clear conditions were occurring across the forecast area at 02z with temps in the upper 70s to lower 80s. About all of the areas of shra/tsra have dissipated within vicinity of the forecast area. Will be dropping mention of shra/tsra based upon radar trending and lack of any further development this evening. Made some slight changes involving cloud forecast overnight to go more mostly clear across the area. Temps and dewpoints are in decent shape, so will not be making any other changes to the going forecast. Will be updating the forecast shortly to reflect the changes. TT && .AVIATION... For 06Z TAFs: Expecting some light fog to form at MSL and have kept in a 5SM BR grouping from the 09z-14z time frame there. VFR conditions will be prevalent otherwise at HSV and MSL through the forecast period. Have also kept in a PROB30 from 18z-22z at both HSV and MSL to account for some scattered shra/tsra that will be possible. TT && .HUN Watches/Warnings/Advisories... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && For more information please visit our website at weather.gov/huntsville.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 31, 8:01 PM CST, 3 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 901 PM CDT SUN JUL 31 2016 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-011000- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 901 PM CDT SUN JUL 31 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE OUTLOOK PERIOD. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY ALSO RISE INTO THE 100 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK...MAINLY FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. TT
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought, Lincoln
- When
- August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 31, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lincoln forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 35.141, -86.589 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Moore
- When
- August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 23, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Moore forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 35.285, -86.359 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Severe Drought (D2) Conditions have ended.
What these are
- Drought
- A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Nevada, August 1 to 2, 2016
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, August 1, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 1, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Utah, August 1 to 4, 2016
- Hail in Nebraska, August 1, 2016
- Wildfire in Wyoming, August 1 to 6, 2016
- Drought in Mississippi, August 1 to 31, 2016
- Flash Flooding in New York, August 1, 2016
- Drought in Georgia, August 1 to 31, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, August 1, 2016
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 1 to 2, 2016
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Georgia, August 1 to 2, 2016
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, August 2016
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 650102, 650103, 650104.